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Exercise and Breastfeeding can enhance your child’s IQ!
According to latest research, mothers who exercise regularly give birth to babies with higher IQ (Intelligence quotient). The research was done on a group of children and it was seen that children whose mothers exercised regularly had better IQ than those whose mothers had a sedentary lifestyle.
Continue reading...Gestational Diabetes: Are you at risk?
30. April 2009
When a woman is diagnosed with diabetes during her pregnancy, it is known as Gestational diabetes. Such patients have no history of diabetes before the pregnancy. It is usually diagnosed late, in the late second or third trimester of pregnancy. Gestational diabetes can be dangerous for the mother as well as for the child. The baby [...]
Continue reading...Effect of Diabetes on Pregnancy!
14. December 2008
A diabetic woman becoming pregnant can face a number of problems during her pregnancy. The complications can either be maternal complications or fetal complications. Maternal complications: *Recurrent abortions can occur in women with uncontrolled diabetes. *Infections are more common especially urinary tract infection.
Continue reading...Complications of twin pregnancy!
2. December 2008
When more than one fetus develops simultaneously in the uterus, it is called multiple pregnancy. Twin pregnancy is the commonest type of multiple pregnancy. However it can bring with itself a number of complications. They can either be maternal complications or fetal complications.
Continue reading...Triple test in late pregnancy!
7. September 2008
The incidence of late pregnancies is on a rise and that’s why a triple test has gained so much importance in today’s time. A baby born to a mother who is in her 30’s (especially more than 35 years of age) can have genetic abnormalities and a triple test helps in such conditions. A young female [...]
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6. May 2009
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